Dr. Jin Wang
Assistant Professor (Finance)
Contact Information
Email: jwang@wlu.caPhone: 519.884.0710 ext.2660
Fax: 519.884.0201
Office Location: P3074
Office Hours: Fall 2012: by appointment
Academic Background
PhD in Finance (Queen's University, 2011)Biography
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests are in empirical corporate finance and investment.
PUBLICATIONS
"Do firms' relationships with principal customers/suppliers affect shareholders' income?", Journal of Corporate Finance 18, 2012, pages 860-878.
"Employee treatment and firm leverage: a test of the stakeholder theory of capital structure" with Kee-Hong Bae and Jun-Koo Kang, Journal of Financial Economics 100-1, 2011, pages 130-153.
WORKING PAPERS
"Does increased competition affect credit ratings? A reexamination of the effect of Fitch's market share on credit ratings in the corporate bond market" with Kee-Hong Bae and Jun-Koo Kang, under revision for resubmission to the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
"Why do firms in customer-supplier relationships hold more cash?" with Kee-Hong Bae, under revision for resubmission to the Journal of Corporate Finance.
MAJOR AWARDS AND FUNDING
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant, 2012-2014, principal applicant, with Kee-Hong Bae (co-applicant) and Jun-Koo Kang (collaborator), $53,626.
Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation Scholarship, 2010-11, $25,000.
